A Theory of Production : Tasks, Processes, and Technical Practices

ISBN-13: 9780198283737 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 328 str.

Roberto Scazzieri

Opis

This book presents a new theoretical framework for the analysis of production processes. Based on a rigorous reconstruction of the intellectual heritage of economics, it also considers issues traditionally left aside by economists--the distinctions of the three dimensions of the production process (tasks, capabilities, and materials in process), the organizational approach to scale and size, and the idea that different institutional set-ups may be compatible with the same objective standard of efficiency.

Investigates theories of production, concentrating on process and scale. Roberto Scazzieri presents a literature survey, develops his own theoretical framework, and applies his theory to recent economic history. It is based upon a rigorous reconstruction of the intellectual heritage of economics.

Recenzje

In contrast to some books, this one's subject is described accurately by the title. It represents a very ambitious undertaking.

Spis treści

Introduction and plan of the volume; Part I: Theoretical Perspectives on Process and Scale: The analytical representation of productive activity; Scale and technical practice: A rational reconstruction; Part II: A Task-Process Theory of Production: The elements of production processes and the role of time; Scale-technology expansion; Scale-technology contraction; Scale, technology and technical behaviour; Scale and productive efficiency; Part III: The Analysis of Scale and Productive Size: The relation of scale and size and its historical development; Conclusion - Tasks, processes, and the economic system.